Julia Elam Email & Phone Number

• Supervise high caliber team of Senior Policy Analysts on priority Federal employee benefits policy and rulemaking and provide efficient and timely responses to our agency customers throughout the Federal government. • Lead people in two roles as Supervisory Analyst in Program Analysis Development for the Legislative and Regulatory Analysis team and as a Policy and Regulatory workstream lead for the Postal Service Health Benefits Program Implementation. • Lead development of Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions for Healthcare and Insurance and act as liaison to the Office of Executive Secretariat.• Lead development of Healthcare & Insurance Legislative Agenda and oversee technical analysis on proposals

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Analyze program trends and policy issues that affect OPM and Federal employee benefit programs. • Develop and compile Healthcare and Insurance items for the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions and act as liaison to the Office of Executive Secretariat.• Draft regulations, legislation, and guidance for Federal employees health insurance and dental and vision programs and Regulatory and legislative drafting and employer shared responsibility reporting requirements

Washington, Dc

• Performed state law research, drafted notice of proposed rulemaking for Multi-State Plan Program, authorized under the Affordable Care Act. • Developed and reviewed program proposals and evaluate the impact of implementation from a government-wide and industry-wide perspective. Expertise Affordable Care Act requirements.

Washington, Dc

• Researched legislative and regulatory issues and agency activities related to Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program • Wrote congressional testimony for Senior Leadership and the Director of OPM• Wrote briefing materials on priority issues to assist Members of Congress and their staff• Communicated with the Office of Management and Budget and provided analysis of legislative proposals and assessed their impact on existing personnel and health policies.

Washington, Dc

• Provided advice and guidance on the administrative aspects of grants that provided financial assistance to states, community-based organizations.• Monitored the grants process and communicated with program officials to ensure that all required actions were executed by recipients and the government in a timely manner.

Washington, D.C.

• Authored congressional report on maternity coverage and coverage denials for pre-existing conditions in the individual health insurance market and identified how health reform could address those issues. • Investigated three major health insurance companies on business practices, particular rescissions, and the need for health reform. • Findings cited in a White House Report, Coverage Denied: How the Current Health Insurance System Leaves MILLIONS behind, 2009.

J.D.

Activities and Societies: Dean’s List Spring 2007; Scholastic Excellence Book Award; Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment.

Mph, Global Health

Activities and Societies: Yale Public Health Opportunity Scholarship, Yale School of Public Health Academic Honor Council; National.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology And African And African American Studies

Activities and Societies: Dean’s List with Distinction; Winfred Q. Holton Prize for Educational Research for senior thesis; Alpha Kappa.